提出
ていしゅつ · teishutsu · JLPT N3 · noun
submission
📄📤 提出 = hold up + put out: you hand your work forward
提 means to raise or hold up (as in 提案, proposal), and 出 means out (as in 出口, exit). Together they mean holding something up and sending it out: handing in a report, filing a form, or presenting evidence.
提 — hand radical 扌 + 是 (phonetic)
提 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning, since the character originally referred to lifting or carrying something by hand. The right side 是 supplies the sound. From 'lift up' it extended to 'raise (an issue),' 'mention,' and 'bring forward.'
出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'